Senate bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to reauthorize the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 15, 2005
- Committee actionJul 20, 2005
- Passed SenateSep 9, 2005 · by unanimous consent
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 14, 2005 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1250.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1250, A bill to reauthorize the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000” on August 8, 2005. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 20, 2005</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 8, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17078
- CBO publication date
- August 8, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1250, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1250
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6571396d42945bb9be59b1ddbdbc293dce10f000fa607a8bab538354b35cfbff
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1250, A bill to reauthorize the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000” on August 8, 2005. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on July 20, 2005”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 8, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/17078
- CBO publication date
- August 8, 2005
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1250, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1250
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6571396d42945bb9be59b1ddbdbc293dce10f000fa607a8bab538354b35cfbff
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 109-123 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Environment and Public Works Committee on August 31, 2005.Source: Congress.gov, reported August 31, 2005 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/109/SRPT/123
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1250, 109th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1250
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6571396d42945bb9be59b1ddbdbc293dce10f000fa607a8bab538354b35cfbff
A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1250, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
5 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 3 Democrats, 1 independent
5 of 5 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Patty Murray (D-WA).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.